The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-03-24
A NEW INFIRMARY.
Some Reasons Why Such an InsiItuiiOn
Should Be Built
In Stark COunty---A Plan for the Pay
ment of the Cost Of the Struc-
ture without Increasing the
County Debt.

anu hOW thO A0DoAAAUu
has bObbed uD and spoke its piece In
reference to the new Ihtirmsry for Stark
county. IL says 1t obtained Its infOrms.
the present dilapidatiOn Is plenty good
State comes to the relief. Commissioner
harles =. Laiblin published an article
not long since, In which he said the old
wreck might be made to last four OF Eve
years by an expenditure of 90, $50. Will
thority" please give their estimate OF
the cost of making this disgraceful old
lnhrmsTy building meet Stark county's
needs for four yesTsp We would, how
ever, remind the Independent that the
| of game, and after publishing numer-
EhOrity," reliable information" "a gey-
ser who let's ont the truth" ETC., they
were compelled to come out In q card
signed by the whole office, to the effect
that their reliable informant" was o
contemptible liar. We would therefore
caution the Independent, and ask II TO
closely examine this "ODe who knows"
and see II he lent the same individual
or his counterpaTt--the Duke Of Sugar
Creek.
THE STATE PRoJRCT.
As for the State coming to our relief
and caring for our ineaDe, there isn't
the slightest Indication or possibility Of
their doing 1t. This Ia scheme which
has been vigorously worked by few In
terested persons for the past six or seven
years and to-day 1t is as far from being
realized as ever. To show the foolish
ness of this idea it only needs to be
stated that there Is ut present confined
In infirmaries throughout this State up.
wards of $500 insane. Now st NeWburg,
which Is full to its utmost capacity, there
are 900 Inmates, and this institution
cost upwsTd of $1,O00,0O0. It will there
fore be 81 en- that for the State to take
care Of these 2. SEQ Insane would cost for
new buildings between $4,000,OO0 and
| $5,000,000, and to effect this change IL
could not be estimated to take place In
less than ten years. Considering the
condition Of the States treasury, the
magnitude Of the undertaking and the
time IL would consume and the results
TO be obtaiI ed, there is no possibility Of
such foolish scheme being carried out.
The ONE WHO KNOWS.
This zone who knows" says "the pres
ent accommodations are tmple." In this
he simply and emphstically lies; and
any one, be he ever so opposed to prO.
Viding suitable buildings cannot belp
bat be convinced of the fact by VISIT
to the InfiImsry. At present every room
ls occupied; rooms no larger than 14x16
are occupied by eight persons. This
would be fitting place for the Duke Of
Sugar Creek and CsntOn's economical
states man, and may be according to
their little peDUTiOus, egOtistiCal minds
1t is as 1t should be. But nOtwitbstand-
ing this crOwdiDg of the rooms, accom-
mOdatlons cannot be had without az q
last resort, the using of the attic of the
new insane building as dOrmitOry.
The Independent finishes Its article
vi b touching appeal to the pocket
bouks of the taxpayers as follows: "The
county is heavily burdened with debt,
and 1t Is suicidal policy to saddle 1t
with an increase"
Stark county Is in debt, 1t is true, but
1t is
NOT HEAVILY BURDENED.
Stark county's debt for county fourth
l III lmpOFChnC0 III CDIB 0tHLo, WIN q tax
valuation of $40,C00000 Is but trlfie.
This new Infirmary can be built without
increasing Stark cOunIy's de bt one cent,
as follows: The DOE law tax which
puts $4,000 into the poor fund Will
allow an increase to the building fund
of $4,000 and this can be applied to the
Inarmsry building and In a few years
Stark county will have an InfirmBry Of
which they need not be ashamed, and In
which their poor and insane can be
properly and economically cared for.
Stark county is at present paying
about $4,000 per year for outside relief,
and with suitable buildings this amount
can be considerably reduced A proper
separation of the sexes can be effected,
and no repetition Of the Summit county
horrors be possible, the risk of fire
and epidemics reduced and In a few
years xes will be reduced by reason
OF q new Infirmsry. Every man In Stark
county should DO his part toward having
this new institution built